Starting point: Obertauern (1738 m)
| Lat/Lon: | 47,24952°N 13,55424°E |
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Time of walking: 2 h
Difficulty: partly demanding marked way
Altitude difference: 602 m
Altitude difference po putu: 602 m
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Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to the starting point:
Drive through the Karavanke Tunnel into Austria, then continue on the motorway to Salzburg. Leave the motorway at the exit for Sankt Michael (the exit is located between the two major tunnels) and follow the signs for Obertauern and Radstadt. The road leads you through Sankt Michael, Sankt Margarethen and Mauterndorf. The ascending road is then followed as far as the Obertauern Pass, where the ski resort of the same name is located. At the pass, drive to the marked bridge number 5 (Brücke 5). Park in one of the car parks near the bridge.
Path description:
From the starting point, follow the narrow asphalt road, which is closed to traffic. The road is located after bridge number 5 and initially leads south-west. The road climbs along grassy slopes and turns left at a small hut. The ascending road then soon leads to a crossroads.
A dirt road to the left leads to the top of Herbertspitze and Gamsleitenspitze, and we continue to the right and continue climbing along the road by the ski resort. Higher up, the road turns slightly left and then follows the valley alongside the huge scree slopes that protect the ski slope from avalanches. The road then leads to an intermediate chairlift station from where the view of the Gamsspitzl summit opens up again. The road then passes under the slopes of the Gamsleitenspitze to the west. Later, the road turns slightly right and there is only a short climb to the bar Gamsmilchbar, next to which there is also the upper station of the cable car and an artificial lake used for snowmaking on the ski slope.
Continue along the marked path, which quickly leads to a marked crossroads by the lake. To the left the path leads to the Gamsleitenspitze summit, and we continue to the right and after a short climb we reach another crossroads.
This time, the path to the left branches off towards the Zehnerkarspitze summit, and we continue to the right following the "Gamsspitzel" signs. From the crossroads the path then climbs a wide grassy ridge from which we have a nice view back towards the lake and the surrounding peaks. Higher up, the path leads to the north side of the peak and then climbs up a slightly steeper slope to the summit. In the last part of the route we are also helped by a couple of rope ladders.
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